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Click here to subscribeLAWRENCE, T.E. SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935. First trade edition, first printing. 4to. A very clean unmarked copy in the now scarce dustwrapper which has a little wear to the spine extremities and a slightly marked lower panel with one minute nick and a minute abrasion. Overall, a very nice copy indeed.
LE CARRE, John. THE NAìVE AND SENTIMENTAL LOVER. Hodder and Stoughton, 1971. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Donor inscription to the front free endpaper, otherwise a fine copy in a price-clipped dustwrapper otherwise near fine. With thirteen other Le Carre books, all UK editions in dustwrapper, some price-clipped, mostly firsts. (14)
O'BRIAN, Patrick. H.M.S. SURPRISE. Collins, London 1973. First edition. 8vo. Small mark to front free endpaper, previous owner's signature, otherwise a fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper with slightly faded spine and small patch of tape residue on front flap. O'BRIAN, Patrick. MASTER & COMMANDER. Collins, London 1970. Second impression. 8vo. Fine copy in near fine wrapper with chip at edge of spine. (2)
PARETSKY, Sara. INDEMNITY ONLY Gollanz, 1982. First UK edition. 8vo. Fine in fine wrapper. Signed by the author. The first novel to feature V I Warshawski. ALLINGHAM, Margery. THE ALLINGHAM CASEBOOK Chatto and Windus, 1969. First edition. 8vo. A fine copy in a complete VG wrapper, with light fading to spine and a couple of closed tears to the foot of the spine. ADAMS, Jane. CAST THE FIRST STONE Macmillan, 1996. First edition. 8vo. Signed on the title page, a fine copy in fine dustwrapper. EVANOVICH, Janet. THREE TO GET DEADLY. Scribner 1997. First edition. 8vo. Fine copy in fine wrapper. Signed by the author. Third in the series of Stephanie Plum crime stories. Plus 3 others, similar. (7)
PEARS CHRISTMAS ANNUALS 1893, 1895, 1898. Folio. Colour pictorial wraps. Some soiling and rusting at staples, but generally very good. Wood engraved illustrations, advertisements throughout. DICKENS, Charles & COLLINS, Wilkie. NO THOROUGHFARE. Being the Extra Christmas Number of All the Year Round. Chapman & Hall, London 1867. First edition. 8vo. Original printed blue wraps, chipped. Plus 2 other Dickens items. (6)
POPE, Dudley. THE RAMAGE TOUCH. Secker & Warburg, London 1979. First edition. 8vo. Fine copy in fine dustwrapper. POPE, Dudley. RAMAGE'S CHALLENGE. Secker & Warburg, London 1985. First edition. 8vo. Small stain to upper board, otherwise a fine copy in near fine price-clipped dustwrapper; residue from old label to front flap. REEMAN, Douglas. SURFACE WITH DARING. Hutchinson, London 1976. First edition. 8vo. Faint abrasion from eraser to top of front free endpaper, otherwise a fine copy in fine dustwrapper. REEMAN, Douglas. STRIKE FROM THE SEA. Hutchinson, London 1978. First edition. 8vo. Near fine in fine dustwrapper. Plus 9 further first editions by the two authors, all in dustwrappers, some with minor faults. (13)
PRIESTLEY, J.B. ANGEL PAVEMENT. Heinemann, London, 1930. First edition, first printing. Large 8vo. A clean copy in a dustwrapper with slight wear to the spine extremities which are also a little browned. ENGLISH JOURNEY. Heinemann in association with Gollancz, London, 1934. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Former owner's name to the head of the front free endpaper, otherwise a clean copy in the original cream dustwrapper which is rather soiled and with slight wear to the spine extremities and corners. FARAWAY. Heinemann, London, 1932. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Former owner's name to the head of the front free endpaper, otherwise a clean copy in the original dark-blue publisher's cloth which has a touch of wear to the spine extremities and corners. With fourteen other books by Priestley. (17)
ROBERTSON, W. Graham. AUTOGRAPH MANSUCRIPT OF HIS PLAY "ARCHIBALD" inscribed on front wrapper 'W. Graham Robertson, Sandhills, Witley, Surrey. [n.d., but c. 1919]. 4to; 23 pages written in black ink on lined paper on rectos only, with some corrections and crossings out in the authors hand; spine of title page defective. ROBERTSON, W. Graham. AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF HIS PLAY "ROMPS AND ROMANCE" inscribed on front wrapper 'W. Graham Robertson, Sandhills, Witley, Surrey. [n.d., but c. 1919]. 4to; 17 pages written in black ink on lined paper on rectos only; minor chipping to spine of title page. ROBERTSON, W. Graham. THE SLIPPERS OF CINDERELLA and Two other Plays. William Heinemann, London, 1919. FIRST EDITION. 8vo; in the original printed dustwrapper, chipped at head; with a loosely inserted manuscript note initialled by the author, with an original illustration by him on the verso. (3) A fine collection of items by W. Graham Robertson, including the manuscripts of two of his plays, Archibald and Romps and Romance. Also included in the lot is a first edition of The Slippers of Cinderella in which "Archibald" appears for the first time. The book also contains a loosely inserted manuscript note from the author with an original illustration.
ROWLING, J.K. HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX. Bloomsbury, London 2003. First edition. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. 8vo. Fine copy in fine dustwrapper. Signed copies of this title are scarce. Proceeds from the sale of this lot go to the "Make A Child Smile Appeal" for the Children With AIDS Charity. For further information see www.cwac.org/smileappeal.html.
RUSS, Richard Patrick. [O'BRIAN, Patrick pseud.] - ROUNTREE, Harry (ills.) CAESAR. THE LIFE OF A PANDA LEOPARD. G.P. Putnam's Sons, London 1930. First edition. 8vo. Black lettered red cloth; spotting to cloth, especially on spine, internally clean. Bookplate on front pastedown. Colour frontispiece plus 13 b/w plates. Scarce title written by the author at 14 and published the year after.
SHUTE, Nevil. ON THE BEACH and TRUSTEE FROM THE TOOLROOM and STEPHEN MORRIS. Heinemann, London, 1957-1961. First editions, first printings. 8vo. All internally clean and bright. The first title is offered in a very good dustwrapper with a little wear to the spine extremities and corners, a touch of rubbing to the joints and a very slightly marked lower panel. The other two are in near fine dustwrappers. With three other Shutes including a second copy of On the Beach and a spare dustwrapper for the uniform edition of On the Beach. (6)
VERNES, Jules. THE ARCHIPELAGO ON FIRE. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1886. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. 8vo; with 50 illustrations and 32 pages of advertisements dated October 1885; original pictorial publisher's cloth, front and spine panels stamped in blue and lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, light sunning to spine and minor chipping to head and tail. Taves & Michaluk V026. First English (and first illustrated) edition of one of Verne's scarcer titles, a seafaring tale taking place among the Greek Islands during the Greco-Turkish conflict of the 1820s Ñ and also involving the pirate Sacratif, who has plans of his own. After appearing in the original French in 1884, this tale's first appearance in English was in George Munro's wrappered "Seaside Library" in March 1885. This copy is in the more expensive of the two bindings that were offered to the public.
WODEHOUSE, P.G. ORIGINAL TYPESCRIPT SIGNED of "Something Squishy" from Mr. Mulliner Speaking. [no place or date, but c. 1929]. Loose typescript of 32 pages, signed by Wodehouse on the last page; in a clean fresh state, WODEHOUSE, P.G. MR. MULLINER SPEAKING. Herbert Jenkins Limited, London, 1929. FIRST EDITION. 8vo; original red publisher's cloth, ruled and lettered in black, lightly sunned, upper board with evidence of stain. Rare typescript, signed by Wodehouse, of "Something Squishy" from Mr. Mulliner Speaking, the second of three collections of P.G. Wodehouse stories in which Mr Mulliner, of the Angler's Rest, tells the tallest of tales - always, by chance, having the appropriate anecdote for any number of subjects.
WYNDHAM, John. THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS. Michael Joseph, London, 1951. PUBLISHER'S PROOF COPY. 8vo; internally clean and bright; in the original printed publisher's wraps, minor dust-soiling and rubbing to extremities. WYNDHAM, John. THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS. Michael Joseph, London, 1951. FIRST EDITION, First Printing. 8vo; internally clean and bright; in the original printed dustwrapper with several small tears, a little wear to the corners, slight chipping to head of spine and minor rubbing to foot, with small nick to lower wrapper, lightly dust-soiled. (2)
Three 18th century leather bound books: The works of Shakespeare Volume the third and volume the seventh, pub. London J. Tonson, 1734, ill. Fourdrinier and du Guernier, The Devil Upon Crutches: From the Diable Boiteux of Mr. Le Sage. A New Translation. London: T. Osborn, 1759. To Which are now first added, Asmodeus's Crutches, A Critical Letter Upon the Work; and Dialogues between Two Chimneys of Madrid. The Second Edition, Corrected. Vol I and 'Eanthe' by Sandford Earle esq. Edinburgh, Robertson & Co, 1839. (4)
DURRELL (L), Cefalu: A novel, 1st edition, d/wrapper, 1947; FORSTER (E.m.) Alexandria; a history and a guide, 2nd edition, folded plan and other illustrations, printed boards, Alexandria, 1938, limited issued of 250 numbered copies - this (unique?) one with authors signature erased; and another book by first author
YEATS (WILLIAM BUTLER) - Poems, second series, 1909 first edition, portrait frontis, re-bound, Dodgson (C.L.), 'Lewis Carroll' Sylvie and Bruno, 1889 first edition, illus., orig. red cloth gt., stained; Kipling (Rudyard) - A Song Of The English, illus. Heath Robinson; Barham (Richard Harris) - The Ingoldsby legends, illus. Cruikshank & Leech, 1881 carmine edition, orig. purple cloth gt. decor (4)
After Helen Bradley (1900-1979) "Fred Walmsley's Concert Party"] Signed in pencil with the blindstamp for the "Fine Art Trade Guild", published by Helen Bradley Prints Ltd, 1978, from an edition of 850, reproduction in colours, 38.5cm by 55cm (15 1/4in by 12 3/4in) * "Oh the tide is in". George and I had so looked forward to playing on the sands on our first day at Blackpool but Mother said "never mind we'll go on the Pier and see if Fred Walmsley's Pierrots are there", and there they were just beginning their show with a new song - it was....: In the year Nineteen hundred and one we shall all have a jolly fine time for the world, you see will belong to me in the year nineteen hundred and nine. How I glowed, how I felt something wonderful was going to happen and in a haze of expectancy I ate one of Pye's ices while Mother, the Aunts and Grandma drank a cup of Sandows Cocoa and the year was 1908.
Ian Fleming, 'The Diamond Smugglers', first edition, published 1957, cloth bound, with dust jacket, . John Bullock and Henry Miller 'Spy Ring', . First edition, published 1961, cloth bound, with dust jacket, and; . J S Weiner 'The Piltdown Forgery', . First edition, published 1955, cloth bound (3)
Twenty-six hard and soft back books relating to toys, collectables and television series including Kitahara and Shimizu, 1000 Tin Toys, A Trekker's Guide to Collectibles, Jerry Anderson's Fab Facts, Classic Who, Robert Opie, Remember When, The Space Toy Price Guide, Norman Joplin, Toy Soldiers, six Millers Collectibles price guides, Lyle Price Guide Film and Rock & Roll Collectibles, Denis Gifford The Complete Catalogue of British Comics, Official Price Guide to Action Figures, First Edition, Batman book, Collecting for Toy Soldiers, Hobby Japan annuals, Millers Collecting the 1950's, Ramsey's British Diecast, 9th Edition, Francis Baird Action Man and The Dr Who Annual (26)
'Porcelain' by Edward Dillon, published by Methuen in 1904, clothbound first edition with coloured and monochrome plates throughout; together with 'Marks and Monograms on European and Oriental Pottery and Porcelain' by William Chaffers, published in 1903 by Reeves & Turner, clothbound with gilt tooling. (2).
Hebrard, P. Caminologie, ou Traite des Cheminees, contenant des observations sur les differentes causes qui font fumer les cheminees, avec des moyens pour corriger ce defaut. Dijon: F. Desventes, 1756. 21 engraved plates (all but one folding). Marbled end-papers, carmine red edges. Full cf. 12mo. [This is the first edition of Hebrard's treatise on chimneys, one of a number of works to appear in the 18th century in response to the new problems caused by the burning of coal rather than wood in domestic fireplaces]; Capelli, Angelo. Breve Compendio d'operazioni Geometriche. Venice 1740. Engr. plts. Marbled cf. Slim 16mo; Bodin, Felix. Resume de l'histoire d'Angleterre/ de France. 2 vols. Paris 1824 & 1822. Hf cf. 32mo., (4)
* Silver Ingots. The Great Airplanes Ingot Collection, First Edition Proof Set, n.d., c. 1970s, a full set of fifty sterling silver ingots illustrating the history of aviation from Wright's Flyer to Concorde, each ingot etched with an individual aircraft and profile details to reverse, orig. plush-lined mahogany case, overall dimensions approx. 24 x 50 cm. (1)
Smith (Ian H.). Lotus. The First Ten Years, 1st ed., 1958, Lotus. The Story of the Marque, 2nd ed., 1961, The Story of Lotus, 1947-1960, Birth of a Legend, 1st ed., 1970, num. b & w illusts. from photos. all orig. cloth in slightly soiled d.j., slim 4to, together with Finn (Joel E.), Ferrari Testa Rossa V-12, Newport Press, California, 1979, num. b & w illusts. from photos., orig. cloth in d.j., square 4to, (limited edition 6/250, signed by Finn), plus Anderloni (Carlo Felice Bianchi, and Anselmi, Angelo Tito), Touring Superleggera. Giant Among Classic Italian Coachbuilders, Milan, 1983, num. illusts., some col., orig. cloth in d.j., square 4to, and other misc. motoring books, mostly up-market and racing cars, incl. four files of ms. notes, printed papers, cuttings, drawings, blueprints, etc., from the collection of Peter Kirwan-Taylor, sometime designer for Lotus. Reference: See Ian Smith, Lotus - The First Ten Years, pp.128-131. (approx. 70)
Macdonald (R.J.). The History of the Dress of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, 1625-1897, pub. 1899, twenty-five chromo. plts., b & w illusts. to text, rough-trimmed, orig. qtr. cloth gilt, with bevelled edges, some wear and dust soiling, folio, (limited edition of 1500 copies), together with Raikes (G.A.), Historical Records of the First Regiment of Militia; or, Third West York Light Infantry, 1876, chromo frontis. with annotation to lower margin, b & w plts., anotations to dedication leaf, inner joints repaired, orig. cloth gilt, rebacked, 8vo, with Berry (Robert Potter), A History of the Formation and Development of the Volunteer Infantry, from the Earliest Times, Illustrated by the Local Records of Hudderfield and its Vicinity, from 1794 to 1874, pub. 1903, chromo plts. (inc. frontis.), some spotting, endpapers renewed, orig. cloth, rubbed to extrems., 8vo, and Institution of Royal Engineers (pub.), History of the Corps of Royal Engineers, vols. 2-3 & 5-8 only, mixed eds., 1952-77,b & w plts., maps contained in rear pockets, library stamp to front paste down of vol. 8, orig. cloth in d.j.s. (except vol. 8), 8vo, plus eleven others related (20)
Malta. Scatuta Hospitalis Hierusalem, [ed. G. B. Rondinelli], Rome, 1588, forty b&w copper eng. plts. in all, including title, portraits, and other plts, mostly depicting the new Cardinal officiating at various ceremonies, but including a map of Malta and a plan of La Valletta, many with woodcut border, some minor marks and occn. light marginal stains, old vellum, rubbed and some minor marks, folio. Adams J151-152. Mortimer 273. A rare work on the history of Malta, being a revised edition of the Statutes of the Knights of the Order of St. John of Jersualem, first published by A. Blado in Rome, in 1556. This edition was reprinted to celebrate the installation as Cardinal of Grand Master Hughes de Loubens-Verdale on the 18th December 1587. This copy complete with all plates and letter press. (1)
Leycester (Sir Peter). Historical Antiquities, in Two Books. The First Treating in General of Great-Brettain and Ireland, the Second Containing Particular Remarks Concerning Cheshire.Whereunto is Annexed a Transcript of Doomsday-Book, so Far as it cConcerneth Cheshire, Taken Out of the Original Record, 1st ed, 1673, title printed in red and black, woodcut initials and armorials, uncol. folding engraved map of "The County Palatine of Chester" by John Speed (Roger Rea edition), errata leaf at rear, front blank endpaper detached (but extant), contemp. mottled calf, rebacked, folio. Wing L1943. (1)
Caro (Annibal). Apologia de gli Academici di Banchi di Roma, contra M. Lodovico Castelvetro da Modena, [colophon:], Parma, in casa di Seth Viotto, Novembre, 1558, unusual woodcut device on the title-page, complete with the final leaf with errata on the recto and woodcut printer's device on the verso, historiated woodcut initials, some text lightly stained or browned, one leaf fragile at the bottom corner, 18th c. half calf, board sides, rubbed, small 4to. Adams C.739. First edition. (1)
Mamertius (Claudianus). De Statu Animae, libri tres, Petrp Mosellano recognitore, Basileae, 1520, [colophon:] apud Adam Petri, title within a woodcut border by Hans Holbein, fine large woodcut initials, woodcut device of Adam Petri and of Lodovic Hornken on B3, a2 and a3 misplaced but all present, including the final leaf B4 with errata on the recto, title-page repaired at the fore-edge, some soiling and staining, ink annotation on a1 verso and the blank verso of the last leaf, 18th century boards, paper covering defective but stitching intact, small 4to. Adams M.311. The first edition of "De Statu Animae," in the recension of Petrus Mosellanus. (1)
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